A Stress on Letterpress

I love browsing the "Today" posts on Design Observer, which catalog inspiration for the week. This week's posting was of particular interest to me, as it details various examples of letterpress printing, as well as the history behind it. As the post mentions, letterpress printing has experienced a resurgence in popularity in recent years—a fact that dovetails with the current backlash against mechanical, computer-based typography. In this post, Eric Baker explores letterpress's tradition of highly ornamental typography, often drawn by hand. I personally love the look of letterpress printing and would love to learn the craft myself. Furthermore, I am exploring the "return to the past" as a possible thesis topic, and this post underscores some of the themes I've been examining in Directed Research. See below to check out some of the images featured in the post.